Brand guide · The UK dealer’s viewEvery kitchen
starts somewhere.
Buffalo is Nisbets’ cooking brand — the counter-top workhorses that power burger vans, market stalls and startup cafés across Britain. Honest kit at honest money, live prices below.
The story
Buffalo is one of Nisbets’ own brands — the cooking half of the pairing every startup kitchen knows. Polar keeps it cold; Buffalo cooks it. Same Bristol parentage, same philosophy: sensible kit, in stock, at money a new food business can actually find.
The £305 catalogue median tells the story — this is the brand of the counter-top: induction hobs, griddles, fryers, contact grills and heated display that turn any bench into a cooking line. It’s been doing that for more than seventeen years, which is a long apprenticeship in not letting a burger van down on a Saturday.
And don’t file it as toys: the range climbs all the way to a £7,099 touchscreen combi oven, and the modular electric line lets a growing kitchen add stations one plug at a time. Plenty of businesses that started with one Buffalo griddle are still buying Buffalo — just more of it.

The range depth is measured from Craven Cooling’s Store API. Catalogue presence is not an availability promise.
The range in numbers
Buffalo runs first full unit £106.46 + VAT, up to £7,099.28 + VAT, with a £304.91 + VAT median. Accessories run cheaper; every price + VAT.
Buffalo Bain Marie FT693 — the range’s true entry; lamps and accessories run cheaper still.
The catalogue median is £304.91 + VAT, so the dossier does not publish a weekly finance figure.
Buffalo Freestanding Smart Touchscreen Compact Combi Oven  6 x GN 1/1 with Installation Kit SA772
Every food business starts somewhere — usually with a Buffalo on the counter.The dealer’s view · Craven Cooling, Swansea
Where Buffalo earns its keep
The dealer’s view — where we reach for Buffalo first, and where we honestly don’t.
Where it earns its keep
Counter-top cooking and hot holding at entry money — the induction hobs, griddles, fryers and heated display that get a food business trading.
Best-fit customer
Startups, mobile caterers, market traders and low-volume sites — plus established kitchens that need a second station without a second mortgage.
The heartland range
The counter-top electric line: induction hobs, 600 Series griddles and countertop fryers. Plug in, cook, get paid.
The range, line by line

Heat Lamps & Quartz Heaters
19 live priced lines in this catalogue snapshotThe pass’s finishing touch — retractable domes and quartz strips that keep plates service-hot. Representative model: Buffalo Retractable Dome Heat Shade Copper DY460 at £83.06 + VAT.
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Heated Countertop Display
18 live priced lines in this catalogue snapshotGrab-and-go’s hot side — pies, pasties and breakfast baps selling themselves by the till. Representative model: Buffalo Square Heated Display Merchandiser 120Ltr HW923 at £480.14 + VAT.
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Induction Hobs
16 live priced lines in this catalogue snapshotPlug-in cooking power — no gas cert, no extraction drama. The mobile caterer’s best friend. Representative model: Buffalo Heavy Duty Double Induction Hob 7kW GF239 at £499.94 + VAT.
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Electric Griddles
14 live priced lines in this catalogue snapshotThe 600 Series griddle — bacon to burgers on a bench-top footprint. Representative model: Buffalo 600 Series 2.9kW Electric Griddle HT753 at £455.92 + VAT.
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Countertop Fryers
13 live priced lines in this catalogue snapshotCounter-top frying from tabletop singles to induction units — chips without the heavy metal. Representative model: Buffalo Induction Fryer 7.5Ltr CP793 at £270.26 + VAT.
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Contact Grills & Panini
13 live priced lines in this catalogue snapshotThe café workhorse — paninis, toasties and smash burgers off one plate. Representative model: Buffalo Extra Large Contact Grill CU607 at £240.11 + VAT.
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Price evidence here comes straight from the Store API snapshot: first full unit £106.46 + VAT, median £304.91 + VAT, maximum £7,099.28 + VAT. The catalogue median is £304.91 + VAT, so the dossier does not publish a weekly finance figure.
Prices move with the catalogue. The live explorer below is the current check; confirm the quote before committing.
The live range explorer
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Buying Buffalo wisely
The Dealer’s Five — the questions we answer before any brand earns counter space.
Where does it earn its keep?
Getting kitchens trading: counter-top cooking, hot holding and display at prices a new business can carry.
Who is the best-fit customer?
Startups, vans, stalls, cafés — and any kitchen adding a low-volume station.
Where would we point elsewhere?
All-day heavy duty cycles (Falcon, Lincat) and refrigeration (Polar). Buffalo is the starter and the sidekick, not the siege engine.
Which range is the heartland choice?
The counter-top electric line — induction hobs, griddles and fryers. The catalogue’s spine and the counter’s engine.
What about support and availability?
Nisbets scale behind it — stock, spares and warranty through Britain’s biggest catering supplier. We confirm the live position on every order.
Backed in South Wales
Craven Cooling is in Swansea. Bring the application, dimensions and site services; the team can confirm the correct model, installation needs, current delivery position, warranty and service terms before order.
This draft makes no founding-year claim for Craven Cooling and no blanket availability promise.
Buffalo FAQs
Nisbets-owned professional appliance brand covering cooking, preparation, hot holding, drinks and warewashing.
Nisbets identifies Buffalo as one of its own brands.
279 live priced lines at the 11 July 2026 snapshot.
First full unit £106.46 + VAT, up to £7,099.28 + VAT, with a median of £304.91 + VAT. All figures + VAT.
Heat Lamps & Quartz Heaters (19), Heated Countertop Display (18), Induction Hobs (16), Electric Griddles (14), Contact Grills & Panini Makers (13), Electric Countertop Fryers (13).
The catalogue median is £304.91 + VAT, so the dossier does not publish a weekly finance figure.
No availability promise is made from catalogue presence alone. Ask Craven Cooling to confirm the chosen model and current lead time.
For counter-top stations and hot holding, yes — that’s its home ground. For twelve-hour heavy duty cycles we’d spec Falcon or Lincat instead, and we’ll tell you which honestly when you call.
We’ll confirm the equipment.
Call with the application, space, services and throughput. Every price shown is + VAT.